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Pharmacogenetic variants and vitamin K deficiency: a risk factor or trigger for fibrosing interstitial pneumonias? (Drent M et al.)
The journal, Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, has published a paper that examined pharmacogenetic factors underlying interindividual…
Circulating dp-ucMGP is Associated with Kidney Dysfunction and Arterial Stiffness (Puzantian et al.)
The American Journal of Hypertension is publishing a recently completed trial that examined chronic kidney disease (CKD)…
Multiple Vitamin K Forms Exist in Dairy Foods (Fu X et al.)
The plant-based form of vitamin K (phylloquinone, vitamin K-1) has been well quantified in the US diet.…
Vitamin K2 in multiple sclerosis patients (Lasemi et al.)
Austrian researchers recognize that Vitamin K2 is essential for a number of physiological functions, although the full…
Menaquinone Content of Cheese (Vermeer et al.)
Nutrients has published a paper examining the Vitamin K2 (menaquinone) concentrations in a wide range of cheeses…
Desphospho-Uncarboxylated Matrix-Gla Protein Is Increased Postoperatively in Cardiovascular Risk Patients (Dahlberg et al.)
Matrix Gla protein (MGP) is an extrahepatic protein that is dependent on glutamate carboxylation, a vitamin K-dependent…
Prevalence and Effects of Functional Vitamin K Insufficiency: The PREVEND Study (Riphage et al.)
Matrix Gla Protein (MGP) is a strong vitamin K-dependent inhibitor of soft tissue calcification. Researchers assessed the…
Calcific aortic valve stenosis: hard disease in the heart (Peeters et al.)
Calcific aortic valve stenosis (CAVS) is common in the ageing population and set to become an increasing…
Vitamins K1 and K2: the emerging group of vitamins required for human health (Schwalfenberg GK)
A Canadian researcher sought to review the evidence for the use of vitamin K supplementation in clinical…
Vitamin K2 supplementation and arterial stiffness among renal transplant recipients: a single-arm, single-center clinical trial (Mansour et al.)
A new study of renal transplant recipients, a group shown to express subclinical vitamin K deficiency and…